I–14 Expansion and Improvement Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2220 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to high priority corridors on the National Highway System, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 10, 2019 Mr. BABIN (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. GUEST, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BRADY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. CARTER of Texas, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to high priority corridors on the National Highway System, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘I–14 Expansion and 4 Improvement Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH- 6 WAY SYSTEM. 7 (a) IDENTIFICATION.— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2220.IH H2220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2220 IH (1) CENTRAL TEXAS CORRIDOR.—Section 1 1105(c)(84) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor- 2 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 ‘‘(84) The Central Texas Corridor, including 5 the route— 6 ‘‘(A) commencing in the vicinity of Texas 7 Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running east- 8 ward generally following Interstate Route 20, 9 connecting to Texas Highway 158 in the vicin- 10 ity of Midland, Texas, then following Texas 11 Highway 158 eastward to United States Route 12 87 and then following United States Route 87 13 southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San 14 Angelo, Texas, and connecting to United States 15 Route 190 in the vicinity of Brady, Texas; 16 ‘‘(B) commencing at the intersection of 17 Interstate Route 10 and United States Route 18 190 in Pecos County, Texas, and following 19 United States Route 190 to Brady, Texas; 20 ‘‘(C) following portions of United States 21 Route 190 eastward, passing in the vicinity of 22 Fort Hood, Killeen, Belton, Temple, Bryan, 23 College Station, Huntsville, Livingston, Wood- 24 ville, and Jasper, to the logical terminus of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2220.IH H2220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2220 IH Texas Highway 63 at the Sabine River Bridge 1 at Burrs Crossing; 2 ‘‘(D) following United States Route 83 3 southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to 4 a logical connection to Interstate Route 10 at 5 Junction, Texas; 6 ‘‘(E) following United States Route 69 7 from Interstate Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, 8 north to United States Route 190 in the vicin- 9 ity of Woodville, Texas; and 10 ‘‘(F) following United States Route 96 11 from Interstate Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, 12 north to United States Route 190 in the vicin- 13 ity of Jasper, Texas.’’. 14 (2) CENTRAL LOUISIANA CORRIDOR.—Section 15 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 16 Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by adding at the 17 end the following: 18 ‘‘(91) The Central Louisiana Corridor com- 19 mencing at the logical terminus of Louisiana High- 20 way 8 at the Sabine River Bridge at Burrs Crossing 21 and generally following portions of Louisiana High- 22 way 8 to Leesville, Louisiana, and then eastward on 23 Louisiana Highway 28, passing in the vicinity of Al- 24 exandria, Pineville, Walters, and Archie, to the log- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2220.IH H2220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2220 IH ical terminus of United States Route 84 at the Mis- 1 sissippi River Bridge at Vidalia, Louisiana.’’. 2 (3) CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CORRIDOR.—Section 3 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 4 Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by this Act, is 5 further amended by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(92) The Central Mississippi Corridor com- 7 mencing at the logical terminus of United States 8 Route 84 at the Mississippi River and then generally 9 following portions of United States Route 84 passing 10 in the vicinity of Natchez, Brookhaven, Monticello, 11 Prentiss, and Collins, to the logical terminus with 12 Interstate Route 59 in the vicinity of Laurel, Mis- 13 sissippi and continuing on Interstate Route 59 south 14 to United States Route 98 in the vicinity of Hatties- 15 burg connecting to United States Route 49 south 16 following to Interstate Route 10 in the vicinity of 17 Gulfport following Mississippi Route 601 southerly 18 terminating near the Mississippi State Port at Gulf- 19 port.’’. 20 (b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN SEGMENTS ON INTER- 21 STATE SYSTEM.—Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal 22 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended 23 in the first sentence— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2220.IH H2220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 2220 IH (1) by inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(84),’’ after 1 ‘‘subsection (c)(83),’’; and 2 (2) by striking ‘‘and subsection (c)(90)’’ and in- 3 serting ‘‘subsection (c)(90), subsection (c)(91), and 4 subsection (c)(92)’’. 5 (c) DESIGNATION.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C) of the 6 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 7 is amended by striking ‘‘The route referred to in sub- 8 section (c)(84) is designated as Interstate Route I–14.’’ 9 and inserting ‘‘The route referred to in subsection 10 (c)(84)(A) is designated as Interstate Route I–14 North 11 and the State of Texas shall erect signs, as appropriate 12 and as approved by the Secretary, identifying such route 13 as future Interstate Route I–14 North. The route referred 14 to in subsection (c)(84)(B) is designated as Interstate 15 Route I–14 South and the State of Texas shall erect signs, 16 as appropriate and as approved by the Secretary, identi- 17 fying such route as future Interstate Route I–14 South. 18 The routes referred to in subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), 19 and (F) of subsection (c)(84) and in subsections (c)(91) 20 and (c)(92) are designated as Interstate Route I–14 and 21 the States of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi shall erect 22 signs, as appropriate and as approved by the Secretary, 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2220.IH H2220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 2220 IH identifying such routes as segments of future Interstate 1 Route I–14.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2220.IH H2220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS